news FARGO -- After years of combating saturated soil during the spring planting season, many Red River Valley farmers were relieved to get into the field early this year and get a good start on what could have been bumper crops, Dwight Aakre said.
"But it just continued too dry too long, and so now we're...
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2013-03-04 17:10:26

FARGO -- After years of combating saturated soil during the spring planting season, many Red River Valley farmers were relieved to get into the field early this year and get a good start on what could have been bumper crops, Dwight Aakre said.

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"But it just continued too dry too long, and so now we're starting to hurt," said Aakre, a farm management specialist with the North Dakota State University Extension Service.